Margaret Weichert
Deputy Director for Management of the Office of Management and Budget
In office
February 28, 2018 – March 25, 2020
PresidentDonald Trump
Preceded byBeth Cobert
Succeeded byMichael Rigas
Acting Director of the Office of Personnel Management
In office
October 5, 2018 – September 11, 2019
PresidentDonald Trump
Preceded byJeff Tien Han Pon
Succeeded byDale Cabaniss
Personal details
EducationGeorgetown University
University of Sussex
University of California, Berkeley

Margaret Weichert is an American businesswoman, inventor, and government executive, was Deputy Director for Management at the Office of Management and Budget from February 28, 2018[1] until March 25, 2020.[2] Concurrently,[2] she was Acting Director at the Office of Personnel Management from October 2018[3][4][5] until September 16, 2019.

She has served as a principal at Ernst & Young since 2017. Weichert has also held executive leadership positions at Market Platform Dynamics, First Data, Bank of America, and Andersen Consulting focused on strategy, innovation, and business process improvement in banking and payments technology. In 1999, she co-founded an internet company, Achex, Inc., and sold that company to First Data in 2001. Achex was an online payment services developer specializing in secure checking account transfers over the internet.[6] Weichert has been named as an inventor on 14 U.S. patents related to online financial services. She has served since 2010 on the Technology Association of Georgia Fintech Steering Committee.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Marine Corps Reserve accidentally releases personal information of over 21,000 people". Federal News Network. March 1, 2018. Retrieved January 5, 2019.
  2. ^ a b OPM’s Rigas to take on second position as OMB acting deputy
  3. ^ Martin, Nichols (September 5, 2017). "Donald Trump to Nominate OMB Adviser Margaret Weichert as Deputy Director for Management". ExecutiveGov. Retrieved October 13, 2017.
  4. ^ "Margaret Weichert". U.S. Office of Personnel Management. Retrieved January 5, 2019.
  5. ^ Yoder, Eric (October 5, 2018). "Trump replaces federal personnel director, in job only a few months, with OMB official". The Washington Post. Retrieved January 6, 2019.
  6. ^ Brachmann, Steve (September 19, 2017). "Trump nominates financial services inventor Margaret Weichert to serve as OMB's deputy director of management". IP Watchdog. Retrieved October 13, 2017.
  7. ^ "President Donald J. Trump Announces Intent to Nominate Personnel to Key Administration Posts". whitehouse.gov. September 2, 2017. Retrieved October 13, 2017 – via National Archives.Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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